Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

What brand tires and size do you run? I run BF Goodrich on the steer and I am trying a set of Kelly's KDA on the drives. I have some friends that run short and they have had good luck with the Kelly drive tires over the years so I am trying a set.

 

whewww!!! i am stuffed!!! i have no self-control at the table anymore!!hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!! go bears,RW

 

I ate, ate and ate so more then took a nap. I am grazing at the moment. lol

 

Oh man, did you guys just hit a sore spot with me. I have been noticing that the crappy caps I have for drive tires are wearing at an alarmingly fast rate. I haven't put 20K on these tires, and one of them is ready for the trash pile. I would have guessed them to be at 70% when I purchased the truck. Guess I need to have the rear aligned. The fronts still look brand new as I had my alignment guy balance them on the truck. Are you guys running closed shoulder drives? Mine are open, wondering if the closed shoulders will get a much longer life???

Last night I ordered a set of Cross Fire Dual Tire Equalizers. But, I am guessing its too late for these drives.

On my way out of Newells Wednesday I briefly spoke to the guy at the tire shop. He said they just got in 100 drive tires, and claimed he was going to sell them at a fair rate... Don't know what brand the tires are, but it may be worth checking into.

 

I have never in my life run caps I have always bought virgin rubber so I wouldn't now how long they would last. I run Centramatics wheel balancers and believe in them. I always do a three axle alignment and if you pull your own trailer it is good to have the trailer aligned. Also I rotate my tires every 50,000 miles, sometimes I criss cross the tires and sometimes I just move the fronts to the back and the back to the fronts.

 

kansas,.. i run open shoulder drives on mine,the boys that run closed are mostly otr,but i run on farms a lot and the boys that run closed are always having to lock dif. up .you can spit in front of the closed drives around here and get stuck,but i think they get a lot more miles on em.